HEALTH CARE

Poll Says One in Four Americans Want Supreme Court to Uphold Health Care Law -- Report

People wait in line in front of the United States Supreme Court a day before the court will began hearing arguments on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care reform law.(UPI/Kevin Dietsch)

Only one in four Americans would like the Supreme Court to keep intact President Obama's 2010 Affordable Care Act, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll. The court began Monday hearing arguments in the case.

Just over half of respondents -- 51 percent -- say they disapprove of the law’s individual mandate, which will require nearly all Americans to have health-insurance coverage or pay a penalty. Twenty-nine percent of respondents said they would like the Court to invalidate the coverage mandate only, according to the poll, conducted March 21-25 among 986 adults.